In the Gaddy bird garden this morning, I saw a rather unusual tanager. It was red on its chest, head and back, with yellow belly, wings and a little stripe across the back of the head to just behind the eyes. Fortunately I happened across a couple other birders, one of whom had a Peterson's guide which showed an imm summer tanager changing to an adult. It was hanging around just above eye-level nearish the bubbler. I wish I'd had my camera for it.
Otherwise, I had my FoY E kingbird fly over the garden and the usual cohort of kinglets, gnatcatchers and white-throated sparrows. I think there was a pair of orange crowned warblers in the flowering tree, and there was a wood thrush singing.
Peter Keyel
St Louis, MO
"Well now, you never did see such a terrible thing
As was seen last night on TV
Maybe if we're lucky, they will show it again
Such a terrible thing to see"
-Genesis, "Domino"
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The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum
ASM Spring Meeting ... May 2, 3, & 4, 2008 at Chillicothe, MO
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